People frequently ask: ?What is the best dictionary for the average person or family?? That?s an easy question to answer: Merriam-Webster?s Collegiate Dictionary. At least, that?s my opinion. It is a scholarly, easy-to-understand, and very complete tool for defining the meaning of words and checking for correct spelling. But it is much more than that. Read more…

The Big Ten of Grammar is not meant as a complete English grammar book.? Instead, it is an easy-to-use handbook that highlights the top ten grammatical errors that most of us tend to make on a regular basis.? It also has as a time-saving ?Bonus Section? that deals with ?out-of-the-norm? grammatical situations that, when needed, can take hours to look up and understand.??”The Bonus Section”?provides answers and examples for these less common situations that many of us will have to deal with from time to time.? After you read this book, you?ll want to keep it handy to use as a reference guide. Read more…

Through the years, I?ve been the ?go to? person in our family for answering questions relating to grammar. ?My grown children and grandchildren affectionately refer to me as their ?grammar guru.?

Since The Big Ten of Grammar was published, many of their friends, as well as others who have come across my website, have been e-mailing their questions to me. ?Reading questions and answers about grammar is a learning experience for anyone, so I?m inviting you to e-mail your questions about grammar to this website, and I will post your questions and my answers.

I have had a similar blog on this website for about two years.? It has received nearly two hundred comments and questions, far too many for most people to spend the time reading.? So I have deleted it and replaced it with this new entry.